Hi,

That can be right, just make sure you are choosing the right packet field
and the right 2 bytes, RSSI VAL can only change between 0 to 27 or in other
words, the indicator doesn't show the RF input power of higher than -10 dBm
or lower than -91 dBm,



Regards,


Hamid Rafiei Karkvandi





On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Li, Haixia-OSU Stillwater <
[email protected]> wrote:

>  Hello Wasif,
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I want to directly use the data of Hex message.
>
> For example, there is a message.
>
> 7E 45 00 FF FF 00 01 02 3F 0A 00 1B 16 48 7E
>
>
> I think 00 1B is the RSSI.    0X 1B=27
>
> can I get the received power (dBm) = -91dBm+3*(27-1)=-13 dBm ? Is this
> right?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Regards,
> Haixia
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* wasif masood [[email protected]]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 23, 2012 11:39 AM
> *To:* Li, Haixia-OSU Stillwater
> *Cc:* Hamid Rafiei Karkvandi; [email protected]
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Tinyos-help] RSSI with IRIS
>
>   Dear Li,
>
>  I guess you can also use MsgReader and specify your RssiMsg file as
> generated by the MIG tool, or else you can simply lookup for the last 2
> bytes of the Hex message. For details about the Hex message please refer to
> the PC to Mote communication tutorial on tinyos Documentation.
>
>  BR,
> Wasif
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 5:19 PM, Li, Haixia-OSU Stillwater <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  Hello Hamid,
>>
>> Thank you for your reply. I followed the RSSI demo tutorial. However, I
>> cannot use the java program, and I cannot figure out why. So, I directly
>> get the packets from the serial port. Now I have the packets, I want to get
>> the RSSI. How should I change the data in the packet to the RSSI? And is
>> the data given by the RSSI demo java the received power dBm ?
>>
>> Appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Haixia Li
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Hamid Rafiei Karkvandi [[email protected]]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:54 PM
>> *To:* Li, Haixia-OSU Stillwater
>> *Cc:* [email protected]
>> *Subject:* Re: [Tinyos-help] RSSI with IRIS
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>> You may follow the steps in the RSSI demo tutorial, it is totally
>> straightforward, RSSI Base Value is given in the datasheet to be -91dBm the
>> lowest that IRIS mote can detect,
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>> Hamid Rafiei Karkvandi
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Li, Haixia-OSU Stillwater <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello all,
>>>
>>> I want to get RSSI of IRIS. I used RssiBase, but I didn't use the
>>> RssiDemo.java. I directly received the packet transmitted by RSSI. For
>>> example, a packet is :
>>>
>>>
>>> 7E 45 00 FF FF 00 01 02 3F 0A 00 1B 16 48 7E
>>>
>>> I think the 00 1B is the RSSI. Can anyone tell me how to change this
>>> value to input power?
>>>
>>> The RF230 datasheet(P52) says
>>>
>>> PRF=RSSI_BASE_VAL+3*(RSSI-1) , and the RSSI value is represented in the
>>> lowest five bits.
>>>
>>>  should I use the equation and only use the lowest five bits of 00 1B?
>>> and what is the RSSI_BASE_VAL?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Haixia
>>>
>>>
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>
>
>  --
> Wasif Masood
>
>
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